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growth, he might, if intended, go into regular work ; but as he is for a 
stud horse, he may commence covering; but should not exceed forty 
mares this season, and never at any time exceed eighty in any one sea¬ 
son. He should be placed in a warm, loose box, have his coat tho¬ 
roughly dressed every day, and be liberally supplied with oats, hay, 
and a little corn or beans of the best quality, and have a bucket of 
water always by him. This plan should be adopted with all horses ; 
they would then neither drink so much, nor ever have a stomach full 
of water ; a matter of considerable importance to stage horses, and those 
travelling fast or far. He should also be exercised regularly every day, 
and in the winter time, when not at work, have his grain reduced, and a 
yard to run into attached to his box, and never be allowed—or any other 
horse—to stand on hard, dry boards, which will inevitably cause internal 
disease in the feet, with its attendant lameness and contraction. Should 
his legs swell from high feeding or any other trifling cause, a mash with 
a desert spoonful of flowers of sulphur and nitrate of potassa for a few 
days, would put all to rights. 
The general management of a gelding or mare would be the same, up 
to five years old ; and they would be worth from two to five hundred 
dollars ; and this, as a stud-horse, from one to two thousand dollars. 
How, I am sure these prices would pay a farmer better for his time and 
attention, than the brute raised from a bad two years old filly, and sired 
by a worse yearling colt; for such an one it costs as much to raise, with 
the exception of the attention, and when raised it is not worth forty 
dollars. My horse would have covered mares, and got colts too, much 
sooner; but I valued him too much to spoil him, which I trust I have 
not done; if I have, I must ask your forbearance, for it has not been 
done willingly, but from a want of ability to describe him. 
AN ESSAY ON REARING SHEEP AND GROWING WOOL. 
BY T. C. PETERS, DARIEN, N. Y. 
I readily comply with a request, officially communicated to me from 
the Agricultural Society of Wisconsin, to prepare for its Annual Trans¬ 
actions an article on the above subject. My engagements have been such, 
that I could not devote as much time as was desirable to its preparation; 
